Title - How Spider Saved Thanksgiving
Author: Kraus, Robert
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Spider's class is putting on a play for Thanksgiving. His teacher, Miss Quito, forgets the turkey! How does Spider help to save the play? Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
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RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels
Sentences Total Words Different Words
Max Word/Sent 20 Total # of Words 407 # of Different Words 188
Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 222 54.5% # of Hi freq words 68 36.2%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 19 4.7% # of Low freq words 12 6.4%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Multiple speakers
Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
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Topics
Thanksgiving
*Holidays, Events, Cele
Low Frequency Words
applauded audience brrrrinnnngggg curtain forked halloween mayflower peace pilgrim pilgrims
plymouth rehearsed